Forecast Bar
Forecast Bar is a Mac weather app that puts current conditions, forecasts, radar, and alerts in the menu bar for quick daily checking.
What is Forecast Bar?
Forecast Bar is a native Mac weather app built to keep current conditions and forecasts one click away from the menu bar. It helps users check temperature, precipitation, wind, radar, and longer-range outlooks without opening a full website or dashboard. The app is useful for everyday planning, commuting, travel prep, and keeping an eye on changing weather during the day. On Mac, it supports customizable menu bar displays, detailed hourly and multi-day forecasts, weather alerts, and radar views for tracking approaching conditions. It is designed for people who want weather information available at a glance while they work, rather than as a separate browser task. Forecast Bar is published by Higher Bar, LLC and is also available to Setapp subscribers on macOS.
Key features
- Show current weather directly in the menu bar
- View detailed hourly and multi-day forecasts
- Track radar and approaching precipitation on a map
- Receive weather alerts and notifications for changing conditions
- Customize which weather data points appear in the menu bar
- Compare forecast information from multiple weather sources
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Safety overview
Status: Mostly safe
Forecast Bar is legitimate weather software for macOS. It may request location access so it can show local conditions and alerts, and that access is normal for a weather app. If you prefer, you can deny location permission and use saved locations instead. Like many menu bar utilities, it may run in the background to keep weather information current and deliver alerts.
Recommendation: Keep Forecast Bar if you use its menu bar forecasts, radar, or weather alerts on your Mac. If you no longer use it, you can remove the app, but doing so will stop menu bar updates, saved settings sync for the app, and alert features on this Mac.
Common paths
/Applications/Forecast Bar.app
Cache paths
~/Library/Caches/com.rcg.forecastbar-setapp~/Library/Caches/com.rcg.forecastbar
Support paths
~/Library/Application Support/Forecast Bar
Preference paths
~/Library/Preferences/com.rcg.forecastbar-setapp.plist~/Library/Preferences/com.rcg.forecastbar.plist
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